Igor Stravinsky - The Flood (1962) [2/2]

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Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) The Flood: A musical play (1962) Prelude Melodrama The building of the Ark (choreography) The catalogue of the animals 0:00 The comedy (Noah and his wife) 1:34 The Flood (choreography) 3:18 The covenant of the rainbow 5:51 Robert Oliver, bass John Reardon, bass Sebastian Cabot, speaker Laurence Harvey, speaker Elsa Lanchester, speaker Richard Robinson, tenor Columbia Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Gregg Smith, Chorus Master Robert Craft, Cond. (in the composer's presence) Igor Stravinsky wrote the musical play The Flood in California to a commission from CBS television. The libretto is a compilation of texts by Robert Craft from the Book of Genesis and the Chester Mystery Plays. The Flood, with choreography by Balanchine, was premiered in June 1962 as a CBS telecast, and received a hostile press reception. The short biblical drama is in Stravinsky's late, serial style. - - - - - - - - - - The music published on Epogdous' channel is dedicated solely to the purpose of divulgation and non-commercial use. If you believe that any copyright infringement exists on this channel, please let me know immediately before submitting a claim to YouTube. I will immediately remove the disputed video accordingly. I want to be as fair as I can. Thanks for your contribution.

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the, flood, die, flute, le, deluge, stravinsky, late, oratorio, biblical, drama, allegory, noah, serialism

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